Invicta FC 3 Results

(PRESS RELEASE) -- KANSAS CITY, KAN. (Oct. 6, 2012) –Atomweight
(105 pounds) superstar Jessica
Penne (10-1) of Laguna Hills, Calif. was crowned the first-ever
Invicta Fighting Championships world champion after submitting
previously undefeated Naho
Sugiyama (8-1) of Kyoto, Japan with a triangle choke in the
second round (2:20) of the main event at Memorial Hall in Kansas
City on Saturday night, live on InvictaFC.com

In bantamweight (135 pounds) co-main event action, Shayna
Baszler (15-7) of Sioux Falls, S.D. used a brilliant ground
game to find an opening and submit rising star Sarah D’Alelio (6-3)
of San Jose, Calif. with a rear-naked choke in the second round
(:37) of action.

The much-anticipated bantamweight rematch between Leslie
Smith (4-2-1) of Pleasant Hill, Calif. and Kaitlin
Young (7-7-1) of St. Louis Park, Minn. played to a far
different tempo as the two rivals took their fight to the mat this
time around, rather than exchanging flurries of strikes as they did
during the first go-around at the inaugural Invicta FC card in
April. In the second round, Smith scrambled to top position off a
missed kneebar attempt, and from mount position, unloaded punches
until the referee stopped the contest at the 2:19 mark of the
round.

In other main card action, Cat Zingano
(7-0) of Broomfield, Colo.and Michelle
Waterson (10-3) of Albuquerque, N.M. notched their first wins
under the Invicta FC banner. Zingano submitted Raquel
Pennington (3-2) of Colorado Springs, Colo. with a rear-naked
choke in the second round (3:32) of their matchup while Waterson, a
protégé of MMA guru Greg Jackson, earned a majority decision over
Lacey
Schuckman.

In the opening main card bout, Julia Budd
(4-2) of Port Moody, CA. notched her second Invicta FC victory by
scoring a TKO on Danielle
West (4-4-1) of London, U.K. in the first round (2:32) of
action.

About Invicta Fighting Championships: Invicta Fighting
Championships (www.InvictaFC.com) is a world championship Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA) fight series dedicated to providing female
athletes with a major platform to hone their skills on a consistent
basis. Founded in 2012 by longtime MMA executive Shannon Knapp and
sports aficionado Janet Martin, Invicta is committed to pioneering
the future growth of women’s MMA by promoting the best possible
matchups between female competitors and identifying and developing
future superstars of the sport.